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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Release: 1990-09-09 ·Runtime: 104m ·★ 6.8
Thriller Drama TV Movie

Raymond Eames, a small-time drug dealer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a policeman. After seven years of appeals are exhausted, the date of his execution arrives. His last request is that his execution be photographed. Eames selects Paul Marish, a jaded Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, who is convinced by his agent to visit the small town in Georgia. Sensing a big story, Marish's agent sends in a reporter from Time magazine, and together they begin to investigate the events surrounding the murder, in a small town where emotions are high and opinions are fixed.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

HBO Films
Alan Barnette Productions
MCA Television Entertainment
HBO